A Little Help On A Cold, Snowy Day

It’s Thursday and the weather guessers are predicting 10-14 inches of snow. So, what better thing to do than rustle up a great big ol’ pot of homemade vegetable soup. Not that I’m a vegetarian you understand. Just need something soul satisfying and belly fillin’.

If your interested, the recipe follows:

4 meaty beef neck bones
3 stalks of celery
2 potatoes
4 small turnips
3 ears of corn… stripped
1 large onion
2 regular cans of diced tomatoes
1 large can of whole tomatoes
1 can beef broth
1 can chicken broth
1-2 tbs. of liquid grease
1-2 cups of preferred pasta (macaroni, spaghetti cut into bite-sized lengths)
water to fill the pot
salt and pepper to taste
whatever else sounds good in the way of fresh vegetables

Brown neck bones in a 4-5 qt dutch oven. I use cast iron…just can’t beat the flavor that cast iron imparts to food. After browning neck bones, add diced tomatoes, whole tomatoes, beef and chicken broth and water to pot and simmer slowly until meat is done (2-3 hours) and easy to remove from bones. Remove bones from pot and strip all meat from the bones. Return meat to pot. Chop all vegetables into bite size pieces and add to the pot. Check and adjust for seasoning. Cook slowly until vegetables are done. Serve with cornbread.

This is a great recipe for a cold snowy day. Also, soothes the savage beast when you’re sick and tired of hearing about and reading about politics.